Rail-joint.



J. B. EVANS, SR. RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1B 1913 1,093,555. Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

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APPLICATION rum) JULY 18,1913.

Patented Apr. 14, 191* 2 SHEETS-SHEBT 2.

n TE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. EVANS, SR., F FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES B. EVANS, Sn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort i l orth, in the county of Tar-rant and State of Texas, have invent-ed new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the folspecification.

resent invention relates to improvements in rail joints, the object being to so construct and arrange the meeting ends of two railway rails as to provide interlocking members which, when assembled, will effectively sustain the said rails at their meeting ends against lateral movement or vertical depression; to effectively retain the heads of the rails in proper alinement so that the clicking of the wheels of the rolling stock passin over the joints, and the chipping of the rail ends, incident thereto are effectively obviated, and finally wherein the employment of fish plates or like devices for connecting the rail ends is also dispensed with.

With the above objects in view, and others which will appear as the nature of the invention is more fully understood, the improvement consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings there has been illustrated a simple and satisfactory reduction of my improvement to practice, and in which drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of two rails constructed and connected in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the same, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is an elevation looking toward the opposite side of the joint to that disclosed in Fig 1, F ig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the rail ends, and Fig. 7 is a similar view of the second or co-acting rail end.

The rails are indicated by the letters R ant. R. The body portions of the rails are of the ordinary construction, but the opposite sides of each of the rails are provided with enlarged webs 1 and 2 respectively, the inner face of each of the webs being arranged centrally of the webs proper, and the said webs proper terminate in right angular shoulders 3 and 4 respectively which are disposed a suitable distance beyond the ends of the head and the base flanges of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 18, 1913.

Patented Apr. 14, 191- Serial No. 779,826.

rails, and the said heads and base flanges extend a suitable distance beyond the ends of the web enlargements. The enlargements l and 2 have their outer faces at both their upper and lower longitudinal edges formed with outwardly extending flanges 5 and 6, so as to provide the upper and lower edges of said extensions with flat bearing faces 7 and 8 respectively, the said faces projecting beyond the ends of the heads and base flanges a distance equaling the distance of the shoulders 3 from the said heads and base flanges, and the bearing face of the rail 11 is adapted to be received between the head and the base flange of the rail R and the end of its web extension is adapted to abut with the shoulder 3. iVhen in such position, it will be noted that the bearing faces 7 and 8 of the rail R engage between and contact with the underface of the head and the upper face of the base flange of the rail R and the end of its web enlargement contacts with the shoulder 4 of the web proper of the rail R. The enlarged web extensions are provided with registering openings 9, for the reception of the ordinary securing bolts 10 and retaining nuts 11 therefor. By reference to Figs. 1 and 6 of the drawings it will be noted that both the head and base flanges of the rail ends upon which the shoulders 3 are formed, have enlarged or reinforcing portions 12 which terminate even with the said angular shoulders and which provide additional abutments for the ends of the co-act-ing web extensions and end flanges.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparentto those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain with out further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a rail joint, two rails, each of said rails having a web enlargement upon one of its faces and which is offset from the web proper to provide the end of the web proper with a shoulder, the head and the base flang of each of the rails terminating a distance beyond the shoulders of the webs and a distance from the ends of the web extensions, the outer face of each of the enlarged web extensions having reinforcing flanges to provide both the upper and lower faces of the extensions with flat bearing faces, the said bearing faces of one of the rails adapted to be received between the head and base flanges of the second rail having the end of its web extension contact with the shoulder of the second rail and the head and base I the ends of the web extensions, the outer face of each of the enlarged Web extensions having reinforcing flanges to provide both the upper and lower faces of the extensions with flatbearing faces, the said faces of one a of the rails adapted to be received between rails having a web enlargement upon one of its faces and which is offset from the web proper to provide the end of the web proper with a shoulder, the head and base flange of each of the rails having enlargements which are arranged parallel with the shoulder to provide continuations of the said shoulders,

the head and the base flange of each of the l rails terminating a distance beyond the shoulders of the Webs and a distance from the head and base flange of the second rail and to have the end of its web extension contact with the shoulder of the second rail when the heads and base flanges of both the rail abut, and means for connecting the wet, extensions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES B. EVANS, SR. lVit-nesses B. O. DENNY, S. M. CARLEY.

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